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Latest post on 05 October 2013 - 08:37

Layan is nice. It is far out but you can pretty much get anywhere in Dubai within 30 mins from Layan.I can do Mall of Emirates the back way in 20 mins, ditto 20 mins to Dubai Mall ad not much more than 20 mins to DESS in Oud Metha. You do drive a lot of km's if you live in Layan but generally on fast roads. You can do DESC in 15 mins plus there is a bus service if needed to DESC. I'm not sure whether there is a bus service to Dubai College and it's prob 30 mins at peak times.( 20 mins at non peak times). The only issue with Layan if you have older kids is that its not always easy to get taxis to collect from Layan. They will bring you back no problem but to access Layan from most of Dubai you have to do a loop which I think is close to ten km. it's not a problem and literally takes 6 mins but taxis don't partic like coming out here although I believe the situation is getting better. Actually just back in the forum after moving here. Very good advice. Actually Feefmick replied to my similar query back in May/June! We moved to Layan 4 weeks ago, DD and DS are in Lycee Francais opposite DESC. 15 min drive...but now they take the bus. As not many children here are schooled there, the bus goes to Ranches after and it takes them 1 hour in the morning. On the way back they are the first to be dropped off though. Motor City shopping and cafes, and Arabian ranches community center which has a HSBC branch, a clinic, a Geant supermarket are closeby (driving). As is written in this thread, the closest residential area to Academic City is Silicon Oasis which is lovely. On the other hand, I agree that with older teens being closer to the malls and tube will certainly be a plus..Dubai is all about driving everywhere in most cases! edited by worldcitizen on 05/10/2013 <em>edited by worldcitizen on 05/10/2013</em>

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Latest post on 13 May 2013 - 22:19

Thank you very much. Looking for appartments cause its more reasonnable than a villa or townhouse for starters. But when I find a job then we can go crazy! we have been driving around for 2 days. We ve seen various places from Palm, JBR, Al Furjhan, Dubai Investment Park, Ranches, Motor City, Reem Ram, have not found DSO apparts yet just saw Cèdres Villas from the outside...ultimately we realized that landlords want to sign asap, so we will look again in August just before moving in.... Such a helpful community...ta!

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